Originally Posted by pinkypig

Long ago in a far away land....it was not uncommon to use muslin to accent the blocks as the attached pics show. This is a Sampler Quilt I made over 20 yrs ago (yep, I'm slow, that's another story for another time) that I am hand quilting. Using the muslin was "recommended" by the ladies at the lqs - funny how time changes - LOL. The quilt guild I was in (early 80's) made blocks each month and had a drawing to see which member would recieve that monthly block, I made an extra block for myself and made a Sampler Quilt (that's part of the story)